As the pre-game entertainment began at Safeco Field, Mariners fans began trickling into their seats. Far below, in the laundry room just outside the Rangers’ clubhouse, Adrián Beltré answered questions about his latest injury. It is a(nother) Grade 1 strain in the same location as the last one.

Beltré insisted that he hadn’t rushed it back, said that he had received the go-ahead from team doctors and that he imagined the recovery from this setback would be about the same amount of time as the first. Asked if he thought this felt like the beginning of the end for him, he said he did not: “This is an injury I’ve been dealing with since 2000. Yeah, it’s been more frequently the last few years, and I had never re-injured the hamstring the way I did this time, but it’s something I’ve dealt with. It’s nothing new.” He did, however, admit that as he approaches 40, perhaps some more time at DH is in the cards if he wants to...